TPU's F@H Team

[mstenholm]

I'm away on an extended weekend, so I had to shut F@H down. Left a couple of WCG boxes running, but I couldn't risk the heat leaving all of the systems running.

Yes the warmer weather is coming and some considerations have to be made regarding heat. I went upstairs today and found that the four GPUs folding there were reducing core speed because of the thermal limit was getting close. I refuse to run higher than 70 % fan.
Have a nice extended weekend.

 

[phill]

I take it some of you only have everything on during the winter, but could you use some of them during the night or is it still too hot then?

Hope you have a great time @thebluebumblebee

 

[hat]

I'm looking at possibly getting a more efficient power supply before the hot days come. My unit is "80 plus", not even bronze. A Titanium unit that pulls less power would result in a little less heat.

 

[mstenholm]

I take it some of you only have everything on during the winter, but could you use some of them during the night or is it still too hot then?

Hope you have a great time @thebluebumblebee

I do reduce my folding during summer primarily due to electricity consumption. I have no problem using 60-80 kWh/day during winter since I have electrical heating but I'm saving +$300/month during summer with only doing on/off folding.

 

[phill]

I'm looking at possibly getting a more efficient power supply before the hot days come. My unit is "80 plus", not even bronze. A Titanium unit that pulls less power would result in a little less heat.

I can put a personal recommendation of the EVGA units, the G+ range has been brilliant for me

I do reduce my folding during summer primarily due to electricity consumption. I have no problem using 60-80 kWh/day during winter since I have electrical heating but I'm saving +$300/month during summer with only doing on/off folding.

That's a massive amount of electric!! :shocked: I've stopped running the crunchers during the evening now as I need to save some cash, it's amazing how much electric you can use with all this kit running Thankfully the solar will take a lot of that load but only during the times of like 9am till 4pm.. That said if I can generate about 4kW an hour, I'm aiming to use as much as possible

 

[hat]

I can put a personal recommendation of the EVGA units, the G+ range has been brilliant for me

I'm looking at this one, as it's the cheapest Titanium unit on Newegg:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9ZN5D46370

 

[phill]

I'm looking at this one, as it's the cheapest Titanium unit on Newegg:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9ZN5D46370

I've not heard of that model of unit, but I've the 650 and 850 models of this unit I'd be very surprised if the difference that the Gold to Titanium level of PSU would actually save as much electric as it costs extra to buy.. I might be out on that but I've just gone for mostly gold units, but if the price is not that much different to a Platinum or Titanium level unit, I'd pick one of those up

 

[mstenholm]

I'm looking at this one, as it's the cheapest Titanium unit on Newegg:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9ZN5D46370

2 years warranty is not much. I would rather pay a bit extra to get 7 years and peace of mind.

 

[phill]

2 years warranty is not much. I would rather pay a bit extra to get 7 years and peace of mind.

The EVGA models I have bought gave me 12 years

 

[mstenholm]

The EVGA models I have bought gave me 12 years

7, 10 or 12 years. At least the producers have some confidence in their products. I would say that is a no-brainer.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I'm looking at this one, as it's the cheapest Titanium unit on Newegg:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9ZN5D46370

That unit appears to an Andyson, and it's just too expensive to justify, especially with that 2 year warranty. You can do the math to determine the ROI, but a Gold rated PSU like this one makes more sense and cents. (suggest reading newtekie1's write up: How does PSU efficiency affect me and do I really need an 80 Plus Gold Power Supply?)

LINK

EDIT: Of course, as soon as I post that, I see this (which hits/beats my $0.10/watt price threshold):

 

[phill]

That unit appears to an Andyson, and it's just too expensive to justify, especially with that 2 year warranty. You can do the math to determine the ROI, but a Gold rated PSU like this one makes more sense and cents. (suggest reading newtekie1's write up: How does PSU efficiency affect me and do I really need an 80 Plus Gold Power Supply?)

LINK

EDIT: Of course, as soon as I post that, I see this (which hits/beats my $0.10/watt price threshold):

I was lucky, I had some mentally cheap PSUs and for the money I'd recommend them hands down That said, a 750w Seasonic is a decent unit for sure as well

 

[thebluebumblebee]

So, when I went to shut down the GTX 980 Ti's system before my weekend away, I touched the top of the case and realized how warm it was. Yesterday, I finally got around to actually cleaning it and found that the filters on the Define S did their job, but they were all clogged. I knew that the spot where I placed that system was bad for dirt, but I didn't realized how bad. I've moved it to another location.

 

[mstenholm]

So will it run again now that it can breath?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

It's back on. With 6 threads crunching (WCG), maybe I can stop @Arjai from beating me 3 days in a row!

 

[mstenholm]

Some, maybe general, error prevent my Linux folder from downloading new WUs. 1.7M down on a 1070&2060.